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Offer link checks

Every running campaign's offer URL opened on a schedule, with alerts when one stops working. Off until you switch it on. For network admins.

An advertiser rebuilds their site, lets a domain or certificate expire, or takes an offer down — and every click you send there is wasted until someone notices. With automatic checks switched on, the platform opens each running campaign's offer URL on a schedule (hourly unless you change it), follows its redirects and reports the result. Two failures in a row mark the link down and alert the team. Automatic checks are off by default: turn them on with the switch at the top of this tab.

Fields and settings

FieldWhat it does
StatusThe latest verdict for the campaign's offer link. Values: Working answered normally (any 2xx or a redirect that ends somewhere that answers); Failed once one failed check — not yet an outage; checked again at the next run; Down two or more failed checks in a row: page not found (404/410), a server error (5xx), a domain that no longer resolves, a refused connection, an SSL certificate problem, no answer within 10 seconds, or a redirect loop; Blocked checks the advertiser's server refuses automated requests (401, 403, 429, 503, bot walls). Never alerts: the link may be fine for real visitors; Not checked the URL points at a private or local address, so it's never requested.
Automatic offer link checks (On / Off)Off by default. On: every running campaign's offer URL is opened on the interval set on the Rules tab, and dead links alert the team. Off: nothing is opened automatically; Check now on a row still works. Setting offerLinkMonitorEnabled (alerts section); a 5-minute tick runs runOfferLinkChecks() only while it is true. Depends on: Needs the Settings permission. It's the same switch as Check offer links automatically on the Rules tab. Effect: Turning it on asks you to confirm, because advertisers can see the visits. The first automatic run starts within 5 minutes.
Lands onThe domain the link finally landed on after redirects. When it changes (for example to a parked-domain page), the previous domain is shown so you can spot a hijacked or expired offer.

How to use it

  1. Switch Automatic offer link checks on at the top of the tab (it's off until you do) and confirm.
  2. Use Needs a look to see links that are down, failing, blocked or have changed where they land.
  3. Press Check now on a row to re-test one link immediately, or Check all now after an advertiser fixes several.
  4. For a down link: ask the advertiser for the new URL, and pause the campaign or add a fallback rule meanwhile.

Limitations

  • Depends on: Each check visits the offer once with click_id=linkcheck, so advertisers may see these visits in their own logs — which is why automatic checks start off. Switch them off again at the top of this tab if an advertiser objects.
  • Not supported: Only whether the page loads is checked — not its content, so an offer page that says "offer expired" with a 200 answer looks fine.
  • Restricted: Addresses inside private networks (localhost, 10.x, 192.168.x and so on) are never requested, even through a redirect.

Troubleshooting

  • A link shows Blocked checks but works in your browser — Its server rejects automated visitors. Nothing is wrong and no alert is sent; check it by hand from time to time.
  • Down because of DNS, but the advertiser says it works — The domain may resolve only in some countries or have just moved. Press Check now again; it recovers on the first successful check.